Being Thor isn’t easy. Chris Hemsworth had to eat 16 meals a day when he trained for his Avengers character.
The 32-year-old actor recently revealed that as he’s getting older his preparations to play the hammer-wielding superhero are becoming more extreme as he can’t withstand the rigours of training the way he used to, reports News24.com.
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Hemsworth said that when he is in the normal weight range it’s fine and he enjoys training, but for Thor, everything is to the extreme.
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He added that he eats 16 meals a day and lifts as heavy as he can, but over the years a person’s shoulders can’t lift what it once could.
{{/usCountry}}He added that he eats 16 meals a day and lifts as heavy as he can, but over the years a person’s shoulders can’t lift what it once could.
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The actor lived on just 500 calories a day to play a starving seafarer in In the Heart of the Sea and he admitted it made him feel like s#!t and he was constantly moody and agitated.
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